Prep track: Blahnik, Draxler to receive Remmel award

6:35 PM,
Jun. 21, 2014

Algoma's Kennedy Blahnik after winning the D3 shot put during the WIAA state track and field championships.

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Algoma's Kennedy Blahnik and Wrightstown's Bonnie Draxler will be the co-recipients of the prep achievement award at next week's Lee Remmel Sports Awards.

The senior track and field standouts became the third and fourth girls in WIAA state history to win titles in two different events all four years of their high school career.

Blahnik, a University of Wisconsin recruit, became the first thrower in state history to win eight state titles. She holds WIAA Division 3 state records in both the shot put and discus and has the second-farthest throw in each event in Wisconsin's all-time history. ...